Top 10 Unanswered Science Questions

2Will we ever be able to predict the future of economic, political and other social systems? suggested byRich Hart

“Human civilization is very complicated and getting more complex all the time. If we could predict the future of how our civilization will develop, we might be able to avoid things like poverty, war and societal collapse all together. ”

“Are there multiple versions of yourself living in parallel universes? Could you ever meet them? It's fun to think about. ”

“This is what causes things in the universe to break down and change. It's the reason why nothing in the universe seems to be eternal. To figure out a way to beat the law of entropy would be to conquer death itself. ”

“Eradicating these diseases will likely take technology and coordination that doesn't exist today but if we succeeded it would greatly improve the human condition. ”

“Medical science has had some success against these disease causing micro-organisms with the invention of antibiotics and vaccinations. But these treatments have fallen short of winning the war against infectious diseases due to the shear diversity of these pathogens as well as their ability to quickly replicate and evolve. To eradicate these dise ”

“... Because it would be tempting to go back and convince Hitler to just stay in art school. ”

“Understanding what is inside a quantum singularity or (black hole) would likely lead to a unified theory of physics. In other worlds, humans would have full understanding of how all the forces universe work together to create what we experience as reality. ”

“Why are we the only species on earth that writes music, builds cities, travels into space, and asks questions about our place in the universe? This might very well be the greatest question of all. ”

“General relativity states that the speed of light is a universal constant that sets a limit on how fast we can travel through space. It might be possible build ships that warp space and time to overcome this speed limit (NASA is researching this). But right now it only exists in science fiction (star trek). ”